2007-08 Adopted Plan - Wake County Public School System

Growth RequestsInitiative: Speech TherapistsEstablish 120 MOE for school age and 24 MOE for preschool positionsfor a total of 144 MOE for speech therapists positions in 2007-08.Implementation Timeline & Budget Needed:2007-08 MOE Amount CodeSpeech therapy is required based on state and federal mandates. Speech/Language Pathologists deliver speech therapy services as specifi ed in astudent’s IEP. Speech pathologists are an integral part of a school’s teambecause of their knowledge of speech/language development and how itimpacts a student’s academic, social and/or vocational development.Currently we have 105 Speech Pathologists serving school-age studentsand 20.5 serving preschool students. We are contracting for an additional43 hours per week.Current Funding Formula:School Age• Currently, approximately 5,100 are receiving speech/languageservices. This equates to 4% of the total school-age population.• Using a projected enrollment in 2007-08 of 136,086 we expect toprovide speech services to 5,443 students. This would require115 positions. We currently have 105 positions and this wouldmean 10 additional school-age speech positions for 2007-08. For2008-09, six new positions will be needed and eight additionalpositions will be needed for 2009-10.Preschool• Preschool positions are based on a combination of evaluationsand direct services. In 2004-05, preschool speech pathologistsevaluated 614 students and provided services to an additional381. During the 2005-06 school year, 739 evaluations wereconducted and 502 students received services. This is a growthof 125 evaluations and an additional 121 students receivingspeech services. Using an average growth rate of 4.3% forevaluations and services, we expect to provide services to 1,294students in 2007-08. This will require 2 additional positions for2007-08, and 2.5 positions for 2008-09 and 2009-10.Speech Therapists 144.00 $ 570,24078,40849,62246,31348,5642,7842008-09Total: 144.00 $ 795,931Speech Therapists 102.00 $ 403,92055,53935,14932,80536,1171,9722009-10Total: 102.00 $ 565,502Speech Therapists 126.00 $ 498,96068,60743,41940,52446,8412,436Total: 126.00 $ 700,787Base 02.5860.032.124.0136.0000Supp 02.5860.032.181.0136.0000SS 02.5910.032.211.0136.0000Ret 02.5910.032.221.0136.0000Hosp 02.5910.032.231.0136.0000Dental 02.5910.032.234.0136.0000Base 02.5860.032.124.0136.0000Supp 02.5860.032.181.0136.0000SS 02.5910.032.211.0136.0000Ret 02.5910.032.221.0136.0000Hosp 02.5910.032.231.0136.0000Dental 02.5910.032.234.0136.0000Base 02.5860.032.124.0136.0000Supp 02.5860.032.181.0136.0000SS 02.5910.032.211.0136.0000Ret 02.5910.032.221.0136.0000Hosp 02.5910.032.231.0136.0000Dental 02.5910.032.234.0136.0000189 FY 2007-08 Plan for Student Success